22 June 2026
The Archivitaly Access Watch records verified disruptions that may affect archival consultation in Italy during the week ahead. For 22–28 June 2026, the most significant constraints concern full or partial closures, reduced reading-room capacity, retrieval limitations, excluded fonds undergoing works or digitisation, and diocesan archive closures. Institutions without an identified disruption are not listed.
At a glance: archive disruptions in Italy
This week’s verified disruptions concern Alessandria, Ancona, Arezzo, Avellino, Cagliari, Chieti, Cremona, Genova, Gorizia, Imperia (Ventimiglia), Latina, Macerata, Messina, Milano, Napoli, Parma, Pescara, Pesaro, Roma and Torino.
Alessandria
Archivio di Stato di Alessandria
Disruption: Public services are reduced until further notice owing to severe staff shortages.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Ancona
Archivio di Stato di Ancona
Disruption: The Fondo Teatro delle Muse is excluded from consultation for digitisation requirements until further notice.
Affected holdings: Fondo Teatro delle Muse.
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Arezzo
Archivio di Stato di Arezzo
Disruption: Access to the study room and cadastral room is by booking only, with one user admitted per day and a maximum of one day per week per user.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Avellino
Archivio di Stato di Avellino
Disruption: Summer Friday afternoon closures are in force from 8 June to 18 September 2026, affecting Friday 26 June 2026 in the week covered by this Watch.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Cagliari
Archivio di Stato di Cagliari
Disruption: Access remains affected by PNRR works until June 2026, with the main entrance unavailable and consultation continuing by booking because of reduced spaces. Several fonds are also excluded from consultation.
Affected holdings: Distretto militare di Cagliari, Serie fogli matricolari; Controllo Generale; Stato civile; Corte d’Assise di Cagliari; Tribunale, Sentenze civili; Pretura di Cagliari, Sentenze penali.
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Chieti
Archivio di Stato di Chieti
Disruption: Selected photographic and documentary materials are out of consultation from 10 June 2026 until further notice for digitisation.
Affected holdings: PNF, Serie Fotografie; Archivio Cianfarani, Serie Fotografie; Brigata Maiella, b. 3, fasc. 36.
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Cremona
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Cremona
Disruption: The diocesan archive is closed from 1 to 29 June 2026.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Genova
Archivio di Stato di Genova
Disruption: Services are modified or suspended during the week: consultation is limited on 22–23 June, the archive is closed on 24 June for the patronal feast, and closed again on 25–26 June for the completion of works.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Gorizia
Archivio di Stato di Gorizia
Disruption: Study-room seats are temporarily reduced to four because of technical maintenance.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Imperia
Archivio di Stato di Imperia, Sezione di Ventimiglia
Disruption: The Ventimiglia section is closed on Tuesday 23 June 2026 for organisational reasons.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Latina
Archivio di Stato di Latina
Disruption: From 22 June 2026, the study room reopens, but cadastral research and military fonds remain unavailable because the relevant documentation is in an area closed off for flooring works.
Affected holdings: Cadastral records and military fonds.
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Macerata
Archivio di Stato di Macerata
Disruption: The study room remains temporarily closed to the public because of the relocation of the institute to Villa Potenza.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Messina
Archivio di Stato di Messina
Disruption: The study room is closed until 22 June 2026 because of works, affecting the first day of the week covered by this Watch.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Milano
Archivio di Stato di Milano
Disruption: From 22 June 2026 until further notice, several fonds are unavailable for consultation because of dust-removal works.
Affected holdings: Cancellerie Austriache; Carteggi consolari; Senato politico, Pubblica istruzione; Lettere reali e decreti di governo; Luogotenenza delle province lombarde; Registri delle Cancellerie dello Stato e di magistrature diverse; Senato italiano del supremo tribunale di giustizia; Senato lombardo veneto del supremo tribunale di giustizia.
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Napoli
Archivio di Stato di Napoli
Disruption: Document retrieval procedures have changed: the second retrieval is now at 11:30, with in-person requests accepted until 11:20.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Parma
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Parma
Disruption: The diocesan archive is closed from 17 June to 14 September 2026.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Pescara
Archivio di Stato di Pescara
Disruption: Study-room service is suspended until 30 June 2026 because of works connected with PNRR funding.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Pesaro
Archivio di Stato di Pesaro-Urbino
Disruption: From 19 June 2026, retrieval of material kept in the second-floor deposit and first-floor mezzanine is suspended between 11:00 and 16:00 because of high temperatures. Consultation of building files and the Ufficio tecnico del Comune di Fano is also suspended because of the relocation of the Fano section.
Affected holdings: Material held in the second-floor deposit and first-floor mezzanine; Pratiche edilizie; Ufficio tecnico del Comune di Fano.
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Roma
Archivio Centrale dello Stato
Disruption: Selected records are out of consultation from 3 June to 3 August 2026 because of works in the relevant storage areas.
Affected holdings: Tribunale supremo militare, Ricorsi per nullità; Tribunale supremo militare, Declaratorie matrimoniali degli ufficiali; Tribunale supremo militare, Decreti di cambiamenti e svincolo di doti.
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Archivio di Stato di Roma
Disruption: The anagraphic-military research service is suspended from 15 June to 31 August 2026.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Torino
Archivio di Stato di Torino
Disruption: The Sezione Corte study room is closed from 3 to 29 June 2026 because of PNRR works. Additional fonds are unavailable because of maintenance in the Saloni Juvarriani.
Affected holdings: Sezione Corte study-room access; fonds held in rooms 12–17; Biblioteca Antica.
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Disclaimer
This report provides an overview of state and diocesan archive disruptions in Italy for the week ahead and is provided as a planning aid only. It is compiled from official notices, official institutional pages, and other publicly accessible institutional communications available at the time of publication. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timely updating, Archivitaly does not warrant that all information reported here is exhaustive, error-free, or still current at the time of consultation. Access conditions, consultation rules, opening hours, retrieval procedures, and temporary exclusions may change at very short notice, and institutions may amend, replace, remove, or publish notices without warning. Readers are therefore strongly advised to verify the current situation through the official links provided and, where access is essential, to confirm directly with the relevant institute before travelling or making research arrangements. Archivitaly accepts no liability for losses, delays, inconvenience, missed consultations, wasted travel, or other consequences arising from reliance on this post, including where notices are subsequently modified, withdrawn, corrected, or newly issued after publication.
